foot-and-mouth
Hoof-afflicting viral outbreak
Foot-and-mouth is a highly contagious viral disease affecting cattle, sheep, pigs, and other cloven-hoofed animals, causing blisters in the mouth and on the feet.
Outbreaks trigger mass cullings and trade restrictions: The foot-and-mouth epidemic devastated British farming in 2001.
Also called foot-and-mouth disease or hoof-and-mouth disease.
disease
Domesticated farm animals
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- cullingSelective population reduction
hoof · cloven · vesicles · contagious · epidemic · biosecurity · vaccination · slaughter
livestock
Domesticated farm animals
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
culling · hoof · cloven · vesicles · contagious · epidemic · biosecurity · vaccination · slaughter · blisters
blunder
Foolish, costly mistake
embarrassment · tactless · awkward · social · stumble · clumsy · remark · inappropriate · fumble · verbal
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